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On Jan 24, 1:50 pm, Rob Wolfe <r...@smsnet.pl> wrote:
> DaLoverhino <DaLoveRh...@hotmail.com> writes:
>
> [...]
>
>
>
> > Thanks.  It works from the command line, but when I put it in a shell,
> > it doesn't seem to work.  Do you know what is going on?
>
> > #!/bin/bash
>
> > fileA=$1
> > fileB=$2
>
> > if [[ -z "$fileA" && -z "$fileB" ]]
> > then
> >   echo "Need two files to ediff."
> >   exit 1
> > fi
>
> > evalArg="'(ediff-files \"$fileA\" \"$fileB\" )'"
>
> > echo emacs --geometry 150x80 --eval $evalArg
>
> > emacs --geometry 150x80 --eval $evalArg
>
> > exit 0
>
> Try this:
> emacs --geometry 150x80 --eval "(ediff-files \"$fileA\" \"$fileB\")"
>
> HTH,
> Rob

That did work.  Thanks!!

And thanks everyone for helping me out.